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Judith Ann Warren Went From Arizona Choirgirl to LA Punk Singer to Mature Vogue Model

In February this year, she posed nude on the digital cover of Vogue Singapore, followed by modelling pastel purple hair in the June edition of Harper’s Bazaar US. The...

Cat Woods

Kelly Jean Caldwell Returns to the Outer Limits Stage to Celebrate Birdie LP

Kelly Jean Caldwell is not dead. The singer, songwriter, and owner-operator of Hamtramck’s Outer Limits Bar and record label laughs as she tells me a rumor of her death has been swirling around town. “The other day, someone at the bar was asking what’s the next show coming up,” she explains, “and...

Sara Barron

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The Stools Press Energy of In-Person Shows to 12" Vinyl on Live at Outer Limits

Somebody in the audience passed out after their first song and I left because it was stressing me out. People were freaking out, but turns out the guy just had low blood...

Sara Barron

Plush Palace Screams It Out on Debut EP

I love 2020. No, really — though to be clear I don’t mean in a political, interpersonal, or general sense; only in a musical one. Only in 2020 would someone have to audacity to refer to themselves as “introspective indie punk” in their Bandcamp bio. Genre, like the concept of hugging your loved...

Sophia Vaccaro

Eli Burke of 8 Inch Betsy Maintains Bandmate's Posthumous Legacy With Digital Re-Release of The Mean Days

Meghan Galbraith, lead singer of Chicago queercore band 8 Inch Betsy, passed away in 2015. After queer Chicago punk band 8 Inch Betsy wrapped up a 30-day U.S. tour in 2010, many things appeared uncertain for the members. Their original drummer Stephanie Levi had left the band, and the transition...

Annie White

Boris Connects Pandemic-Torn World With Subversive Metal on Latest Album 'No'

The latest album from Tokyo-based experimental rock band Boris is simply titled NO, a word that sums up the ethos of the metal aesthetic that pervades it, as well as the sentiments behind the songs. With the coronavirus pandemic leading members Takeshi, Wata, and Atsuo to question everything about...

Annie White

INTERVIEWL.A. Punk Legend Alice Bag Returns with Sister Dynamite

Photo: Denée Segall On "Spark," which opens Sister Dynamite, Alice Bag crafts an earworm. "Hell no! I'm not dimming my/I'm not dimming my spark," she sings. That line can stick with you throughout the day. In can infiltrate your dreams. It's can be a constant reminder to be yourself no matter what,...

Liz Ohanesian

The Venomous Pinks Speak Out About Immigration Crisis on "Todos Unidos"

With every headline these days centered on COVID-19, it's easy to forget there are other things going on in the world. Let punk trio The Venomous Pinks' latest song "Todos Unidos" remind you that the usual problems plaguing society - namely, the United States' treatment of immigrants - have not...

Annie White

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Neneh Cherry's Raw Like Sushi Gets 30th Anniversary Re-Release

We were existing on the cusp of the 1990s. The '80s as people remember it now, an era marked by new wave, John Hughes' teen flicks and Ronald Reagan, was essentially over by 1989. Yet we were still a ways off from the sounds, sights and politics that would come to define the '90s. During that...

Liz Ohanesian

IN2ITIV3 Invent Punkadelic Sound on Debut EP

IN2ITIV3 is making waves as a musical embodiment of the growing punk/hip hop crossover in Cincinnati's local music scene with their debut self-titled EP. Featuring bandmates that listen to everything from B2K to Patti Smith, IN2ITIV3 settles on lyrical rap infused with punk rock instrumentation -...

Victoria Moorwood

Church Girls Set Apathy Ablaze With "Florida"

When we last caught up with Philadelphia-based indie punk band Church Girls, they were just about to release their third EP Home; as the follow-up to their debut full-length Hidalgo, it showed a distinct evolution trending toward a rougher, more raw sound. That evolution...

Annie White

SHOW REVIEWBrutus @ St. Vitus

On the one hand, it's hard to imagine a better venue than Greenpoint mainstay St. Vitus for the stateside return of a band that integrates black metal, punk, and post-hardcore into their dizzying sound. But even if it seemed appropriate on paper, the stifling black box of the venue was hardly...

Lindsey Rhoades